Geography Basics
Population and Migration
Cultural Geography
Political Geography
Urban/Env./Ag. Geography
100
Why are all maps distorted?
Because the globe is a sphere and you can't put it on flat paper.
100
What is a population pyramid?
Bar graph that displays the percentage of a place’s population for each age and gender
100
How are race and ethnicity different?
Race - physical features
Ethnicity - cultural background
100
What is colonialism?
When a country goes to another land and attempts to assert political/economic dominance over it.
100
What are the two types of agriculture?
Subsistence and Commercial
200
Name what 3/6 letters stand for of TODALS
Title, Orientation, Date, Author, Legend, Scale
200
What do you know about the Crude Birth Rate and the Crude Death Rate?
Death rate - low (getting lower)
Birth rate - low (getting lower)
200
Give an example of pop culture.
Ex: Nike, McDonalds, Kpop, Squid Games, etc
200
What is sovereignty?
The right to govern yourself.
200
Name 2 fossil fuels.
Petroleum (Oil)
Natural Gas
Coal
300
Name 3/5 themes of geography
Place, Location, Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction
300
Give an example of an environmental pull factor.
Ex: Many snowbirds (elderly people) spend their winters in Florida because it's warm.
300
What is a universalizing religion?
attempts to be global, to appeal to all people wherever they may live in the world
300
Give a specific example of a physical boundary.
Ex: The Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico.
300
What is the shipping crisis happening today?
Not enough workers, ports not open, ships stuck waiting in the harbors with products, etc.
400
How is Human Geography different than Physical Geography?
Human Geo - focused on how humans use the environment around them, culture, how humans interact
Physical Geo - focused on how the earth works, and how it impacts places around the globe
400
Name 2/3 factors of the Human Development Index.
Education
Long and Healthy Life
Standard of Living (Income)
400
Give an example of stimulus diffusion.
Ex: McDonalds around the world looks different depending on the country you're in.
400
Name two reasons European countries attempted to colonize others.
To promote Chrisitanity
To extract useful resources
To get more power (more colonies=more power)
400
How did the Green Revolution prevent worldwide hunger in developing countries?
Created seeds that grew more and better foods.
500
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information Systems
500
Draw a stage 5 population pyramid.
(On board)
500
Name a creole language.
Haitian Creole
500
How does colonialism impact the world today?
Ex: Haiti/Dominican Republic, African boundaries
500
What problems can gentrification create?
Ex: lower income families pushed out, businesses closing down, raising living costs, protests, etc